Running with wolves 17

It didn't take long before my sensitive sense of smell picked up Zak's scent, and the reeking odor of his captors. I scowled. It didn't take long to get there either. Surprisingly Zon didn't seem to tire at all and I was sure that would've been an issue. Maybe she was motivated to save Zak.

It also didn't take long for the Saturday adults to wrap up their plans and head out after me, but something stalled them. We were able to find Epsilon's place in about an hour it seemed. She swooped down lower, and remained silent so we could sneak through the clouds. From our height she could be a bird in the sky. I could make out the prison through the fog of the clouds and shuttered at the last memory I had there.

I had Zon glide to the back of the evil prison and bank low enough to drop me. I leaped off and landed on twos still in person form. I was in a crouched position one arm supporting me and the other in the air for balance. I stood up and turned on my heal gracefully. Zon landed beside me.

"Zon, hey, go distract them." She nodded, cooed thankfulness and took off. As soon as I heard yells and laser fire I prayed she was ok. I looked up and saw her take off un-injured and sighed. I steadily walked forward unsure of how everything would work out. I blinked faster and my heart raced as I reached to old rusty steal door.

"I love this place," I breathed sarcastically. I reached for the handle taking my time despite Zak's possible fear and closed my eyes and thought about what could have been a better way.

I hurried my little tail up though when I distantly heard the airship approach. Then I yanked open the door and ran in. This could work two ways. 1) I distract them, so the Saturdays can find Zak, or 2) I could quietly slip in find Zak and try and get out. When I glanced around though the place had at least 2 guards… at every corner. The main hallway was clear though they rested in the halls waiting for ambush. I took a deep breath then took off down the hall at a fast human pace and screamed, deciding on option one.

"HEY EPSILON! It's me! Clare! COME AND GET ME!" And I think that's when I lost my mind. I sped down the hall leaving most guards shocked or dumbfounded. When they recovered shortly after I raced past they seemed to gasp for air then begin in pursuit.

I growled. Now I had tons possibly hundreds of guards on my tail and I was running out of hallway… maybe this distraction hadn't been the best plan. It didn't seem to last as long as I had hoped. I took a hopeful bound and turned a corner into a row of cells. The one I had once been locked in contained a boy, about my age. It wasn't Zak but another werewolf maybe. I grabbed onto the metal and yanked it off its hinges and placed it in the entrance of the hall.

The kid looked up at me. He had messed up chestnut hair and had a series of freckles across his face. I helped him up and several guards unsuspectingly banged against the hindrance blocking the narrow hall.

I looked at the kid dragged him through the hall viewing empty dimly lit chambers then came across the exit I had damaged before. I shoved him towards it. He was scrawny and seemed like he might break easily. If he was a werewolf, whom I suspected so since he was on Epsilon's death row, then he would get more muscular each time he transformed.

"GO!" I mouthed. He turned and ran like there was no tomorrow. He crashed through the door and stopped. Then he turned and left.

I turned and saw the guard men almost breaking through the gate I had made. There were so many half of them were still smacking into the ones who had already gotten there. Congrats to the werewolf who causes traffic among Epsilon's protectors.

I moved on quickly and almost reached the end to another hall, with more watchers no doubt, when I went into full gear. I turned wolf and I caught Zak's scent on the other side of the wall and I charged through it. I winced as bricks smashed onto my head, probably somewhat causing damage to my skull. I yelped and whimpered a little but tried to clear my head as I heard Epsilon's evil laugh.

"Clare," Zak whispered. I whimpered and opened my eyes to look at him. He was all tied up with thick bristly looking ropes.

"Clare," Epsilon repeated a tad satisfied. I only growled. He took out some gun laser thing and handled it with great care, like it was ready to explode.

"I'm glad you came," he laughed. He pushed the nozzle tube thing up to my shoulder blade and I didn't feel anything then really, and let alone did it feel like a lethal infection but seconds later I couldn't feel any part of my body, any warmth left me and felt myself go limp.

"CLARE!" Zak cried out. It almost sounded as if he'd just lost some pet and he probably did. By the millisecond I felt fainter and my strength drained. I heard a blast and faintly saw the Saturdays walk in tailed by the boy I had released.

"We're too late," I heard Drew groan.

Omnipresent POV

Epsilon turned around and cut Zak free from his bonds. He had just accomplished a huge goal. Make the most powerful line of werewolves die out. Zak flung himself off of the table and shook Clare. He then checked for a pulse under her jaw but found nothing.

"Epsilon! Think about what you've done!" Drew roared.

"Think about the danger so many people were in with this thing around." Epsilon was to involved with his triumph to notice the family guarding the other werewolf he had caught earlier.

"She had complete control over herself!"

"She subconsciously destroyed a huge brick wall to get to Zak!"

"She didn't want you to hurt him!" Doc argued.

"Well like you said, its too late now!" The family sighed in unison.

"Now, say you're last goodbyes," Epsilon commanded. "I'll be back momentarily." Epsilon took a look around frowned and left.

"We owe her a life," Doc mumbled. Zak got up and stood by his family in silence.

Clare's POV

I changed back, hardly noticed.

"No… you… don't…" I mumbled with little strength. I forced my eyes open.

"Clare?"
"I'm… fine…" I was slowly gaining tid bit amounts of strength. The first part of me to regain strength was my heart. I felt it slowly pounding. Next my brain awoke and I was able to move parts of my face. Transforming back took little effort now so that was the first thing I did.

"She's a-alive? Is she a zombie too?" The boy stammered. He was here?

"No, Wyatt," Drew breathed. Zak ducked down and threw one of my cold arms over his shoulder. He then picked me up and held me like I was a baby.

"Clare? Are you ok?" Doc asked.

"I.. don't.. know," I stammered.

"Two minutes Saturdays!"

"We have to hurry and get her out of here," the boy, Wyatt exclaimed.

"Zak! Let Fisk take her." Zak handed me to Fiskerton as gently as possible and Drew yanked open the door. Fiskerton left with me first and I'm sure the family followed.

Fiskerton ran at top speed, nothing compared to me of course, to the airship. As soon as he was up he turned and waited for the others to enter the ship. He adjusted his hold on me and I struggled to try and push myself up, now feeling some more strength return. He slammed his fist on the close button.

"How are you still alive?" Zak questioned loudly when the door swung shut. I tried to push myself out of Fisk's grip.

"I-I'm not sure." I managed to stammer. How did I survive it? I finally pushed Fisk back and he put me down as I tried to shakily stand up.
"Careful, Clare," Doc whispered. I stood up and Fisk supported me with one arm.

"I've got it," I reassured them. I stretched my arms out and I balanced myself. For a split second I lost my balance and Zak rushed to push me back up just as I tilted to the left.

"Sooorry," I apologized.

"For what? Don't apologize for almost falling," Zak almost laughed.

"Well that and I probably should have waited for you to help me save Zak." I took a lousy, small step forward and then strength returned to my legs. I let my arms down and then the kid I had helped back at Epsilon's caught my eye.

"Hey… Is it Wyatt?"

"Yeah," he answered shyly.

"Cool." I looked away and walked in circles.

"I think most of my strength is back," I told them. I looked back at Wyatt.

"Are you a werewolf?"

"Yeah," he answered in an identical tone to earlier. He half smiled and then looked around nervously.

"I'm Clare." I told him, not paying attention specifically to him but to myself, like testing my strength and steadiness and stuff. I still felt sort of numb.

"We're glad you're alive." Drew said gently to me. I looked at her and smiled.

"Me too." I said in reply. I did some quick stretched and exercises to loosen up my muscles. Then there was a knock on the side of the door. Wyatt jumped up.

"Saturdays! I hope you know she cannot be brought back to life. That is the most powerful substance I have for werewolves, she is gone for good!" Epsilon said through the door. Wyatt eyed the door and edged away. I froze. Did I have enough strength to attack him? I growled and then shut myself up.

"We know, but we are still going to bury her."

"Very well, then," I heard heavy footsteps walk further and further away and then as soon as I was sure he was gone I nodded.

"I'll get the airship started. Drew, come with me," he told his wife sternly before exiting.

"Do I still owe you?"
"We told you! You didn't owe us anything," Drew almost scolded. She left and Fiskerton sat down.

"So, uh… What do we do now?" Wyatt asked quietly.

"Well, I guess we go upstairs and figure out what to do there," Zak said.

"I think I know what we need to do," I said.

"What?"

"Fooling Epsilon won't work for long. He'll know eventually that I'm not dead."

"That's true," Zak said.

"What do you think all of those guards were for?"

"Well he knew you would try and help me…"

"No!" Wyatt blurted. "Uh, sorry, but I asked him why he wants to kill me and he said because I would loose control…" He paused.

"Well keep going!" Zak urged.

"He's planning on war with a younger generation of werewolves. I was about to join the army, they said I would be a werewolf, but I hadn't changed at the time and Epsilon caught me right when I learned how."

"Well I was thinking about getting together other werewolves to take down his army, but I had no idea…" I frowned.

"That's our plan then we'll find the army and help with the war."

END OF PART 1